[xen-tools] Re: re-installation with xen-shell

[Steve Kemp]

On Sat Nov 17, 2007 at 03:04:03 +0100, Henning Sprang wrote:

> 1) Do I get it right, that the image.sh script, required for
> re-installation, can only be put into place by an admin, not the user
> himself?

  That is correct.

> 2) I see one such script there for a user I created. The problem is,
> it hast the hostname <loginname> set.

> But as xen-shell isn't based on a login that controls a host with the
> same name as the login anymore, but I want to control multiple domains
> (as given in their config files), I need to give the hostname as
> parameter, don't I?

  The xm-reimage script will be given two command line arguments:

    1.  $ACTIVE - The name of the instance the user is controlling.

    2.  $USER - The username of the person who is invoking the script.

  That in turns passes on a single argument $ACTIVE to the
  ~$foo/reimage.sh script.  So that should allow you to set
  the hostname correctly, via

    --hostname=$1

  Or did I misunderstand?  (i.e. if you add a new user to your
 xen host *and* create image.sh in their home directory their
 new guest can be called the same as their old one, and doesn't
 have to match their username - that is just a default.)

  (I'll reply to your rinse/fedora mail tomorrow when I've thought
 more.)

Steve
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